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GRIFFIN
Vol. XVIII, No. 14
CANISIUS COLLEGE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Mav 11, 1951
Dance Concludes Academia Activities
Concluding their activities of the Academia Debating formal dinner dance for the i
on Saturday, May 26. At that time the Society's newly elected officers will be installed. Main speaker for the occasion will be the Honorable Charles S. Desmond, New York State Supreme Court Justice, and graduate of Canisius College. Daniel Leary will act as toastmaster. Prize Debate
The officers to be installed in¬ clude: Charles Salter, president; John Muzdakis, vice president; John Kraus, secretary; John Mc- Auliffe, treasurer; and Roger Walsh, sergeant-at-arms.
Actual debating activities were climaxed on Saturday, April 29, when the annual Prize Debate was held. It was won this year by the negative team, composed of John Callanan and Edward Gallagher, who opposed the af¬ firmative team of James Foley and Richard Mattimore. The
At-
for this year, the members
Society have scheduled a
Automobile Club in Clarence
topic was: "Resolved: That gam¬ bling should be legalized in the United States."
The Academia was again active this year in intercollegiate circles. It defeated such teams as Rutgers, Bucknell, John Hopkins, Loyoia of Baltimore, LeMoyne, Fordham, University of Buffalo and Rochester University. Several exhibition de¬ bates were also given, one before the Optimist Club of Buffalo and another before the Hamburg Knights of Columbus.
The graduating officers and de¬ baters are James J. Foley, Edward Gallagher, John Montfort, Daniel Leary, Thomas Wotaseck and Gregory Moga.
Register Soon for Summer Sessions
Registration for courses in the Canisius College Summer Sessions will begin June 28. Those who wish to attend summer classes and desire additional information may obtain such information and a cata¬ logue at the Summer Sessions Office.
35 I
Irv Shire to Play at Moving-Up-Day Dance
Music by Irv Shire and his orchestra will be featured at the annual M. U. D. dance which will be presented by the Junior and Sophomore classes in the Main Ballroom of the Hotel Statler on May 18. —
Dancing will be from 9 to 1 and c)ass representatives or at any of tickets may be obtained from your the usual ticket booths for $2.50
per couple.
Chairmen for this informal event are Terr) Keating and Tom Hogan, who have promised that this dance will provide a fit¬ ting and pleasant close to the Moving-Up Day festivities and a memorable end to another school year. Other chairmen are: Bill Cotter, tickets; Dick Mattimore, music; and Carl Rechin, publicity.
As in the past, following sev¬ eral weeks of elections and nomi¬ nations, at approximately midnight the new class officers will be pre¬ sented for the first time, and will formally take over their new duties.
DIGGING UP DATES FOR THE MUD DANCE
Mud Dance Chairmen are, from left: Terry Keating, Bill Cotter, Tom Hogan.
^TheBestYei"Given At Glee Club Concert
By DICK NOWAK
Hard work bore fruit on April 27 when the Canisius
College Glee Club presented
their silver anniversary concert at Kleinhans Music Hall. It was an audience-pleaser, well liked by local music critics and termed by Father Schouten as "the best yet."
THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM
The Death and Resurrection of a Reputation
"Look before you leap" has always been the newspaper man's motto: verify before vou print; check and doublecheck. This is so fundamental a law that we regret deeply the necessity of reporting a flagrant viola¬ tion of that law by our esteemed contem¬ porary (if the cat may thus look at the king), the Buffalo Evening News.
On Thursday, May 3, Canisius College Juniors held a picnic at Chestnut Ridge.
Next day, we felt like Mark Twain (the report of his death—remember?—seemed to him an exaggeration) to read in the News about the death and burial of the reputation of the Junior class of this college. Based on the report of an unidentified but surely not unbiased "observer," a report obviously not carefully checked by the editors, the News ran a story which included the following choice journalistic bits:
(1) 'Canisius College Junior class outing . . . which an Orchard Park policeman said developed into a 'near riot'."
(2) "Orchard Park Police Chief William Martin said (Patrolman Eugene Woodard) 'came pretty close to being mobbed . . . Woodard tried to get the crowd to leave, but they chased him up on a table'."
(3) " 'When he . . . told them they'd have to leave, they almost mobbed him again,' the police officer (Chief Martin) related."
COMPARE THE FACTS:
(1) On Friday evening, May 4, Patrolman Woodard and the County Parks Commis¬
sioner, of their own accord, made individual phone calls to the Canisius Dean, Father John P. O'Sullivan, S.J., to say: (A) The account in the Buffalo Evening News was "slanted," "misleading." (B) Canisius stu¬ dents were "orderly and jolly" when advised their possession of keg beer was not allowed. They left in an orderly manner. (C) There were no visible signs of intoxication. (D) There was no property damage. (E) The "mobbing" occurred when students helped the officer onto a table so that he could deliver his admonition. (F) When the of¬ ficer concluded his admonition, he was serenaded with "For he's a jolly good fel¬ low." (G) There was no cause for arrest under any ordinance.
(2) On Monday, May 7, after an investiga¬ tion, Police Chief Martin reported to College officials that the News story was unfounded, and that the officer's admonition (cf. No. 3 be¬ low) was given and received in a very friendly fashion.
(3) There was one infraction of regula¬ tions. County park rules allow only bottled beer in limited amounts. The picnickers, on their own free admission, had brought keg beer with them, and this was why the officer spoke to them.
Well, we could do more hatchet work on that News article, but the point's clear, we hope. Things are not always what they seem, even in the News.
The largest crowd ever to wit¬ ness a Canisius Glee Club con¬ cert applauded familiar numbers such as "Whispering," "The Rangers Song" and "Dry Bones." They laughed at the amusing lyrics of "Old Man Noah," "But They Didn't" and "Coming through the Rye," and showed their appreciation of the profes¬ sional talent of the Club in the very difficult "Hallelujah Chorus" and Beethoven's "Oh What Delight."
Tenor Bill Meissner, Baritone Bob Priore and Pianist Al Boyd presented solos in professional style to complete a well-rounded musi¬ cal program.
The concert was followed by a dance with music by Les Erlen- bach's Orchestra in the Mary Seaton Room.
Students Must lake SS Test
rp
Selective Service on April 22 issued a virtual demand that all draft-eligible col¬ lege students take the forthcoming aptitude test. Up to the time of this announcement, Selective Ser¬ vice's attitude had been that de¬ ferments could be based either on a student's scholastic rating or on his score in the test. It is now hinted that future regulations might change the word "or" to "and."
Spokesman for S.S., Brig. Gen. Louis Renfrow, said, "It is vitally important for everyone eligible for the test to take it." Later, in al¬ most the tone of an ultimatum, he- added that every elegible student "must take the test and have it in his files."
Deadline for the filing of appli¬ cations for the tests has been set at May 15.
Direction of MUD Parade Under G.K.C.
Arrangements for the Moving- Up Day Parade on next Friday morning, May 18, have been com¬ pleted. The parade is under the direction of the Gold Key Club, and Bill Cotter has been appointed grand marshal of the event.
Both the Delavan parking lot and the streets adjacent to the Main Building will be used for assembling. The parking lot will be used exclusively for floats. The parade will begin to form at 9:00 a.m. The proposed route will be over Delavan-Richmond-Porter- Niagara - Main, and back to school.
A raffle was sponsored by the Gold Key Club to finance the par¬ ade, and any organization desiring funds for a float should contact either Father Bellwoar or Tom Hogan.
Concert at MH Joins Erie and Canisius Clubs
Members of the Canisius College Glee Club played host to the Glee Club from Mercyhurst on April 29 at a concert in the Mary Seaton Room of Kleinhans Music Hall, followed by a dinner dance at the Park Lane.
Father Raymond Schouten, S.J., president of Canisius and honored guest at the dinner, spoke briefly, as did Robert Schulz and Miss Dolce, directors of the two Glee Clubs.
The week previous, the girls from Mercyhurst had played host to the Canisius Glee Club for a similar concert and dance.

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GRIFFIN
Vol. XVIII, No. 14
CANISIUS COLLEGE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Mav 11, 1951
Dance Concludes Academia Activities
Concluding their activities of the Academia Debating formal dinner dance for the i
on Saturday, May 26. At that time the Society's newly elected officers will be installed. Main speaker for the occasion will be the Honorable Charles S. Desmond, New York State Supreme Court Justice, and graduate of Canisius College. Daniel Leary will act as toastmaster. Prize Debate
The officers to be installed in¬ clude: Charles Salter, president; John Muzdakis, vice president; John Kraus, secretary; John Mc- Auliffe, treasurer; and Roger Walsh, sergeant-at-arms.
Actual debating activities were climaxed on Saturday, April 29, when the annual Prize Debate was held. It was won this year by the negative team, composed of John Callanan and Edward Gallagher, who opposed the af¬ firmative team of James Foley and Richard Mattimore. The
At-
for this year, the members
Society have scheduled a
Automobile Club in Clarence
topic was: "Resolved: That gam¬ bling should be legalized in the United States."
The Academia was again active this year in intercollegiate circles. It defeated such teams as Rutgers, Bucknell, John Hopkins, Loyoia of Baltimore, LeMoyne, Fordham, University of Buffalo and Rochester University. Several exhibition de¬ bates were also given, one before the Optimist Club of Buffalo and another before the Hamburg Knights of Columbus.
The graduating officers and de¬ baters are James J. Foley, Edward Gallagher, John Montfort, Daniel Leary, Thomas Wotaseck and Gregory Moga.
Register Soon for Summer Sessions
Registration for courses in the Canisius College Summer Sessions will begin June 28. Those who wish to attend summer classes and desire additional information may obtain such information and a cata¬ logue at the Summer Sessions Office.
35 I
Irv Shire to Play at Moving-Up-Day Dance
Music by Irv Shire and his orchestra will be featured at the annual M. U. D. dance which will be presented by the Junior and Sophomore classes in the Main Ballroom of the Hotel Statler on May 18. —
Dancing will be from 9 to 1 and c)ass representatives or at any of tickets may be obtained from your the usual ticket booths for $2.50
per couple.
Chairmen for this informal event are Terr) Keating and Tom Hogan, who have promised that this dance will provide a fit¬ ting and pleasant close to the Moving-Up Day festivities and a memorable end to another school year. Other chairmen are: Bill Cotter, tickets; Dick Mattimore, music; and Carl Rechin, publicity.
As in the past, following sev¬ eral weeks of elections and nomi¬ nations, at approximately midnight the new class officers will be pre¬ sented for the first time, and will formally take over their new duties.
DIGGING UP DATES FOR THE MUD DANCE
Mud Dance Chairmen are, from left: Terry Keating, Bill Cotter, Tom Hogan.
^TheBestYei"Given At Glee Club Concert
By DICK NOWAK
Hard work bore fruit on April 27 when the Canisius
College Glee Club presented
their silver anniversary concert at Kleinhans Music Hall. It was an audience-pleaser, well liked by local music critics and termed by Father Schouten as "the best yet."
THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM
The Death and Resurrection of a Reputation
"Look before you leap" has always been the newspaper man's motto: verify before vou print; check and doublecheck. This is so fundamental a law that we regret deeply the necessity of reporting a flagrant viola¬ tion of that law by our esteemed contem¬ porary (if the cat may thus look at the king), the Buffalo Evening News.
On Thursday, May 3, Canisius College Juniors held a picnic at Chestnut Ridge.
Next day, we felt like Mark Twain (the report of his death—remember?—seemed to him an exaggeration) to read in the News about the death and burial of the reputation of the Junior class of this college. Based on the report of an unidentified but surely not unbiased "observer," a report obviously not carefully checked by the editors, the News ran a story which included the following choice journalistic bits:
(1) 'Canisius College Junior class outing . . . which an Orchard Park policeman said developed into a 'near riot'."
(2) "Orchard Park Police Chief William Martin said (Patrolman Eugene Woodard) 'came pretty close to being mobbed . . . Woodard tried to get the crowd to leave, but they chased him up on a table'."
(3) " 'When he . . . told them they'd have to leave, they almost mobbed him again,' the police officer (Chief Martin) related."
COMPARE THE FACTS:
(1) On Friday evening, May 4, Patrolman Woodard and the County Parks Commis¬
sioner, of their own accord, made individual phone calls to the Canisius Dean, Father John P. O'Sullivan, S.J., to say: (A) The account in the Buffalo Evening News was "slanted," "misleading." (B) Canisius stu¬ dents were "orderly and jolly" when advised their possession of keg beer was not allowed. They left in an orderly manner. (C) There were no visible signs of intoxication. (D) There was no property damage. (E) The "mobbing" occurred when students helped the officer onto a table so that he could deliver his admonition. (F) When the of¬ ficer concluded his admonition, he was serenaded with "For he's a jolly good fel¬ low." (G) There was no cause for arrest under any ordinance.
(2) On Monday, May 7, after an investiga¬ tion, Police Chief Martin reported to College officials that the News story was unfounded, and that the officer's admonition (cf. No. 3 be¬ low) was given and received in a very friendly fashion.
(3) There was one infraction of regula¬ tions. County park rules allow only bottled beer in limited amounts. The picnickers, on their own free admission, had brought keg beer with them, and this was why the officer spoke to them.
Well, we could do more hatchet work on that News article, but the point's clear, we hope. Things are not always what they seem, even in the News.
The largest crowd ever to wit¬ ness a Canisius Glee Club con¬ cert applauded familiar numbers such as "Whispering," "The Rangers Song" and "Dry Bones." They laughed at the amusing lyrics of "Old Man Noah," "But They Didn't" and "Coming through the Rye," and showed their appreciation of the profes¬ sional talent of the Club in the very difficult "Hallelujah Chorus" and Beethoven's "Oh What Delight."
Tenor Bill Meissner, Baritone Bob Priore and Pianist Al Boyd presented solos in professional style to complete a well-rounded musi¬ cal program.
The concert was followed by a dance with music by Les Erlen- bach's Orchestra in the Mary Seaton Room.
Students Must lake SS Test
rp
Selective Service on April 22 issued a virtual demand that all draft-eligible col¬ lege students take the forthcoming aptitude test. Up to the time of this announcement, Selective Ser¬ vice's attitude had been that de¬ ferments could be based either on a student's scholastic rating or on his score in the test. It is now hinted that future regulations might change the word "or" to "and."
Spokesman for S.S., Brig. Gen. Louis Renfrow, said, "It is vitally important for everyone eligible for the test to take it." Later, in al¬ most the tone of an ultimatum, he- added that every elegible student "must take the test and have it in his files."
Deadline for the filing of appli¬ cations for the tests has been set at May 15.
Direction of MUD Parade Under G.K.C.
Arrangements for the Moving- Up Day Parade on next Friday morning, May 18, have been com¬ pleted. The parade is under the direction of the Gold Key Club, and Bill Cotter has been appointed grand marshal of the event.
Both the Delavan parking lot and the streets adjacent to the Main Building will be used for assembling. The parking lot will be used exclusively for floats. The parade will begin to form at 9:00 a.m. The proposed route will be over Delavan-Richmond-Porter- Niagara - Main, and back to school.
A raffle was sponsored by the Gold Key Club to finance the par¬ ade, and any organization desiring funds for a float should contact either Father Bellwoar or Tom Hogan.
Concert at MH Joins Erie and Canisius Clubs
Members of the Canisius College Glee Club played host to the Glee Club from Mercyhurst on April 29 at a concert in the Mary Seaton Room of Kleinhans Music Hall, followed by a dinner dance at the Park Lane.
Father Raymond Schouten, S.J., president of Canisius and honored guest at the dinner, spoke briefly, as did Robert Schulz and Miss Dolce, directors of the two Glee Clubs.
The week previous, the girls from Mercyhurst had played host to the Canisius Glee Club for a similar concert and dance.